As it happened: Police update media on White Island eruption

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Police will update media about the Whakaari/White Island eruption.

Deputy police commissioner John Tims, director of Civil Defence and Emergency Management Sarah Stuart Black and senior scientist Graham Leonard will answer questions from journalists. 

Six people are dead after the eruption on Monday afternoon. A further 30 people are in hospitals around the country.

Watch the video.